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Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kumursga

This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Turkic

Reconstruction

Daughter languages show various secondary changes due to a difficult consonant cluster.

Some sources reconstruct *kïmïrsga or *kumïrsga to explain the unrounded vowel found in all Siberian varieties and North Kipchak, however the oldest sources point to rounded vowels.

Etymology

Perhaps analyzable as *kumur- + -ga, the latter being a common ending in animal names.

Noun

*kumursga

  1. ant
    Synonyms: *k(i)arïnčga, *čümeli

Declension

Descendants

  • Medieval:
    • Old Turkic: 𐰴𐰆𐰢𐰆𐰺𐰽𐰍𐰀 (qumursɣa)
    • Khorezmian: [script needed] (qumurṣqa)
    • Mamluk Kipchak: [script needed] (qumursqa)
  • Karluk
    • Chagatai: [script needed] (qumursɣa)
      • Uzbek: qumursqa
  • Kipchak
  • Oghuz:
  • Siberian:

Further reading

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